Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To look or stare angrily or sullenly: synonym: frown.
- noun An angry or sullen look or stare.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An angry or threatening stare.
- noun In electricity, the light-giving body of a Nernst lamp. See
Nernst lamp . - To look intently or watchfully; stare angrily or threateningly; frown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
look or stare withanger . - noun An angry
stare orglare .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
- verb look at with a fixed gaze
- noun an angry stare
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The expression could best be described as a glower.
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The expression could best be described as a glower.
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Setting his hand to the hilt of his sword, he cast the boy the kind of glower intended to help him make the right decision in short order.
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She regarded the overdressed girl with aversion, answered her mincingly-spoken "How do you do, Marjory?" very curtly, and continued to "glower," as Mrs. Smylie described it, without saying another word.
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Quotables: She is by no means a literary genius …. .her excessive use of the word 'glower' ...
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Quotables: She is by no means a literary genius …. .her excessive use of the word 'glower' ...
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Quotables: She is by no means a literary genius …. .her excessive use of the word 'glower' ...
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Quotables: She is by no means a literary genius …. .her excessive use of the word 'glower' ...
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Quotables: She is by no means a literary genius …. .her excessive use of the word 'glower' ...
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Quotables: She is by no means a literary genius …. .her excessive use of the word 'glower' ...
oroboros commented on the word glower
One who glows; dark look.
November 22, 2007